Jonathan Berr

Jonathan Berr

InvestorPlace Contributor

Jonathan Berr has been a professional journalist since 1991. He has covered a wide variety of beats, ranging from to electric utilities to media conglomerates to tech companies.

While a reporter at Bloomberg News in 2002, he won the Gerald Loeb Award, one of the most prestigious awards in business journalism. He was part of a team at AOL’s DailyFinance that won the New York Press Club’s award for Internet feature writing in 2010. His freelance writing has appeared in Atlantic.com, AOL, Yahoo, MSN and 24/7 Wall Street, along with The New York Times and Business Week.

He lives in New Jersey with his wife and son.

You can reach him at jdberr@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter at @jdberr.

Recent Articles

Warren Buffett’s Shrewd Bet on Newspapers

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Despite the sector's seemingly worsening woes, he still sees in newspapers what he's always looking for -- value -- and his cost is minimal.

It’s Finally Time to Merge Yahoo and AOL

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

The two flawed companies would have a much better chance as one, with Tim Armstrong running the show because he's at least making progress at AOL.

A CEO Checklist for Yahoo

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Now that Yahoo has ousted CEO Scott Thompson, here are a few things management should keep in mind while tracking down the next chief.

Yahoo-Alibaba: Talk About Lousy Timing!

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Both companies would have done much better if a deal had happened a year ago.

3 Reasons Why Disney Is a Buy

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Even though Disney hit an all-time high Wednesday after posting pleasing earnings, there's still plenty of reason to buy in now with confidence.

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